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VicSuper and Vision Super in merger talks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
Vision Super has begun talks regarding a potential merger with VicSuper following the collapse in May of its planned merger with Equipsuper. Barbra Norris, VicSuper chairperson, said there was strong alignment between the two funds particularly in terms ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat despite falls on Wall Street overnight as euphoria over the Federal Reserve's new QE3 stimulus fade amid concerns about weakness in US manufacturing and anti-American unrest in the Middle East. At ...

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... Ron's comments. There's no mistaking that the QEs one and two provided a lift to financial markets. But don't just take little ben's word for it. I call upon a greater mortal to explain. Over to you Big Ben. In his speech at Jackson Hole last 31 August ...

ISN calls for fast trading moratorium

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
High frequency trading has the ability to impact long term investors such as superannuation funds and there should be a moratorium in the Australian financial markets on using the systems, said Industry Super Network (ISN). ISN's suggestion is part ...

Cbus takes lead on trustee disclosure

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Representative bodies have welcomed a decision by construction industry fund Cbus to disclose how much it pays trustee directors and senior executives in its annual report, due out later this week. It is a move expected to be mirrored in the upcoming ...

CBA proffers Storm settlement

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
More money is available for victims of the Storm Financial collapse, after the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and ASIC reached a settlement agreement. Up to $136 million will be offered as compensation for losses suffered by CBA customers who ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened marginally firmer, with strong gains among resources-related companies offset by weakness in defensive market sectors such as healthcare and utilities. At 1028 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.5 points ...

Super fees are falling but only just

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Fees paid by super fund members are falling but not because fund prices are falling, it's because of the dampening effect of self-managed super funds and higher balance members qualifying for discounts. The results are contained in the latest Rainmaker ...

Politics around LISC heats up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
The politics around around superannuation tax expenditures looks set to heat up with Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten last week saying he will defend low income tax benefits and The Australia Institute saying the top end of town should be targeted ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... China and other emerging markets have now shifted to an accommodative stance and Europe's on OMTs and its ESM approved -- and Ben won't stop until it does. Remember the market adage, "don't fight the Fed"? It's not only the Fed markets don't want to ...